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Selfie vs Mirror - What's the difference?

selfie | mirror |

As nouns the difference between selfie and mirror

is that selfie is a photographic self-portrait, especially one taken manually (not using a timer, tripod etc.) with a small camera or mobile phone while mirror is a smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an of what is in front of it.

As verbs the difference between selfie and mirror

is that selfie is to take a selfie while mirror is of an event, activity, behaviour, etc, to be identical to, to be a copy of.

selfie

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (label) A photographic self-portrait, especially one taken manually (not using a timer, tripod etc.) with a small camera or mobile phone.
  • * 2002 September 13, N. "Hopey" Hope, "re: Dissolvable stitches" ABC Online Forum [[http://wayback.archive.org/web/20040118000958/http://mcs.une.edu.au/~nhope/lip.jpg selfie photo]:
    • Um, drunk at a mates(SIC) 21st, I tripped ofer(SIC) and landed lip first (with front teeth coming a very close second) on a set of steps. I had a hole about 1cm long right through my bottom lip. And sorry about the focus, it was a selfie .
  • * 2004 October 21, Brian McGuirk, "bmcguirk's photos." [http://wayback.archive.org/web/20041126014124/http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcguirk/], Flickr:
    • Pre. Nice rooftop selfie'. No Hair. Another nice rooftop ' selfie .
  • * 2005 , Jim Krause, Photo Idea Index , HOW Books (2005), ISBN 9781581807660, page 148:
    • That's not to imply that it's "wrong" for your arm or hand to show up in a selfie .
  • * 2012' December 27, Andrew Prince, “The Mars Rover Takes A '''Selfie ” [http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2012/12/27/168139129/the-mars-rover-takes-a-selfie], ''the picture show , National Public Radio
  • * 2013' December 13, Roberto Schmidt (guest), Brooke Gladstone (interviewer and editor), “The Photographer Behind ‘'''Selfie -Gate’”, ''On the Media , National Public Radio:
    • Barack Obama was talking to David Cameron and with the Danish Prime Minister, and that’s when she actually reached into her purse and brought out a cell phone and stretched her arms and did a selfie with them.

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    Hypernyms

    * self-portrait

    Verb

  • (informal) to take a selfie

    • External links

    * (Selfie) * ----

    mirror

    English

    (wikipedia mirror)

    Alternative forms

    * mirrour (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.
    • I had a look in the mirror to see if the blood had come off my face.
    We could see the lorry in the mirror , so decided to change lanes.
  • (figuratively) an object, person, or event that reflects or gives a picture of another.
    • His story is a mirror into the life of orphans growing up.
  • * Spenser
    • O goddess, heavenly bright, / Mirror of grace and majesty divine.
  • (computing) An exact copy of a data set, especially a website.
    • Although the content had been deleted from his blog, it was still found on some mirrors .
  • A mirror carp.

    • Synonyms

    * (reflecting surface) glass (old-fashioned), looking glass (old-fashioned)

    Derived terms

    * do with mirrors * half-silvered mirror * magic mirror * mirror image * one-way mirror * rear-view mirror * two-way mirror

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • Of an event, activity, behaviour, etc, to be identical to, to be a copy of.
    • He tried to mirror Elvis's life. He copied his fashion and his mannerisms, and even went to live in (Graceland).
  • (computing) To create something identical to (a web site, etc.).
  • To reflect.

    • See also

    * cheval glass * looking glass